Oct. 14, 2008
Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-3749
katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov
James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-206
NASA SETS MEDIA BRIEFING FOR CREWS ON INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
HOUSTON -- The astronauts, cosmonauts and spaceflight participant
aboard the International Space Station will participate in a news
conference at 12:20 p.m. CDT, Monday, Oct. 20. Reporters at
participating NASA centers may ask questions.
Expedition 18 Commander E. Michael Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury
Lonchakov arrived at the station Oct. 14, joining NASA astronaut Greg
Chamitoff, who has been on the station since June. Chamitoff will
return to Earth in November on space shuttle Endeavour during the
STS-126 mission.
Expedition 17 Commder Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg
Kononenko, who have been on the station since April, are scheduled to
return to Earth with spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, a U.S.
citizen, in the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft Oct. 23, landing in central
Kazakhstan. Garriott, who flew under an agreement with the Russian
Federal Space Agency, arrived at the station with Fincke and
Lonchakov.
A change of command ceremony between the two crews will be broadcast
on NASA Television at 12:40 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22.
For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information,
visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
For more information about the International Space Station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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